Apollo 11

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Apollo 11

Lunar Module: Eagle (LM-5)

Command and Service Module: Columbia (CSM-107)

Crew:

Neil A Armstrong Commander

Michael Collins Command Module pilot

Edwin Aldrin Lunar Module pilot

Backup Crew:

James Lovell Backup Commander

Fred Haise Backup Lunar Module Pilot

William A Anders Backup Command Module Pilot

Rollout to Pad LC-39A: 1 June 1969

Flight Readiness Test: 26 June 1969

Countdown Demonstration Test: 16 July 1969

Launch: 16 July 1969 13:32:00 UT (09:32 EDT) Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A

No launch delays

Landing Site: Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility) 0.67 N, 23.47 E

Landed on Moon: 20 July 1969 20:17:40 UT (16:17:40 EDT)

First step: 02:56:15 UT 21 July 1969 (22:56:15 EDT 20 July 1969)

EVA duration: 2 hours, 31 minutes

Lunar Surface Traversed: ~250 metres

Moon Rocks Collected: 21.7 kilograms

LM Departed Moon: 21 July 1969 17:54:01 UT (13:54:01 EDT)

Returned to Earth: 24 July 1969 16:50:35 UT (12:50:35 EDT)

Time on Lunar Surface: 21 hours, 38 minutes, 21 seconds

Mission Duration: 195 hr. 18 min. 35 sec

Retrieval site: Pacific Ocean 13° 19'N latitude and 169° 9'W longitude

Retrieval ship: USS Hornet

Mission details:

Apollo-11 (27)

Pad 39-A (5)

Saturn-V AS-506 (6)

High Bay 1

MLP 1

Firing Room 1

Mission Objective: Perform manned lunar landing and return mission safely (Achieved)

Orbit Altitude: 186km x 183km

Duration of Lunar Orbits: 08 Days, 03 hours, 18 min, 35 seconds

Lunar Location: Sea of Tranquility

Lunar Coordinates: 0.71 degrees North, 23.63 degrees East

Splashdown area 13deg 19min North and 169deg 9 min West; Splashdown at 195:18:35 MET

Crew on board U.S.S Hornet at 13:53 EDT. Spacecraft aboard ship at 15:50

Mission Highlights:

Apogee, 186km; perigee 183km; Translunar injection 02:44:26 MET; maximum distance from Earth 389645km; lunar orbit insertion, 75:50:00 MET; lunar landing, 102:45:39 MET (20 July at 16:17 EDT). First step on moon, 22:56:15 EDT; end of EVA, 111:39:13 MET (01:09 EDT); liftoff from Moon, 124:22:00.8 MET (13:54 EDT); LM-CSM docking, 128:03:00 MET; transearth injection, 135:23:52.3 MET; First manned lunar landing mission and lunar surface EVA. "HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE HERE.THE EAGLE HAS LANDED." 20 July 1969, Sea of Tranquility EVA of 2 hours, 31 minutes. Flag and instruments deployed; unveiled plaque on the LM descent stage

The splashdown on 26 May 1969 of Apollo 10 cleared the way for the first formal attempt at a manned lunar landing. Six days before, the Apollo 11 launch vehicle and spacecraft half crawled from theVAB and trundled at 1,5 km/h to Pad 39-A. A successful countdown test ending on 3 July showed the readiness of machines, systems and people. The next launch window (established by lighting conditions at the landing site on Mare Tranquillitatis) opened at 09:32 EDT on 16 July 1969. The crew for Apollo 11, all of whom had already flown in space during Gemini, had been intensively training as a team for many months.

Special Payload:

Plaque (commemorating first manned landing)

Carried to Moon and returned two large American flags, flags of the 50 states, District of Columbia and US Territories, flags of other nations and that of the United Nations

MEPS (Modularised Equipment Stowage Assembly) containing TV camera to record first steps on Moon and EASEP (Early Apollo Science Equipment Package)

Highlights:

First men on the Moon: Neil Armstrong and 'Buzz' Aldrin. The prime mission objective of Apollo 11 is stated simply: "Perform a manned lunar landing and return"

First return of samples from another planetary body. These first samples were basalts, dark-colored igneous rocks and were about 3.7 billion years old

Plaque affixed to the leg of the lunar landing vehicle signed by President Nixon, Neil A Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E Aldrin Jr

The plaque bears a map of the Earth and this inscription:

HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH

FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON

JULY 1969 A.D.

WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND

Current Aircraft Location:

Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Milestones of Flight Gallery

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	www.moonlandings.co.uk Apollo 1 \| Apollo 7 \| Apollo 8 \| Apollo 9 \| Apollo 10 \| Apollo 11 \| Apollo 12 \| Apollo 13 \| Apollo 14 \| Apollo 15 \| Apollo 16 \| Apollo 17 \| Apollo 18 - Soyuz \| Saturn V \| Launch Complexes \| Apollo Mission Summaries \| Apollo Facts \| Luna \| Costs Apollo 11 Lunar Module: Eagle (LM-5) Command and Service Module: Columbia (CSM-107) Crew: Neil A Armstrong Commander Michael Collins Command Module pilot Edwin Aldrin Lunar Module pilot Backup Crew: James Lovell Backup Commander Fred Haise Backup Lunar Module Pilot William A Anders Backup Command Module Pilot Rollout to Pad LC-39A: 1 June 1969 Flight Readiness Test: 26 June 1969 Countdown Demonstration Test: 16 July 1969 Launch: 16 July 1969 13:32:00 UT (09:32 EDT) Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A No launch delays Landing Site: Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility) 0.67 N, 23.47 E Landed on Moon: 20 July 1969 20:17:40 UT (16:17:40 EDT) First step: 02:56:15 UT 21 July 1969 (22:56:15 EDT 20 July 1969) EVA duration: 2 hours, 31 minutes Lunar Surface Traversed: ~250 metres Moon Rocks Collected: 21.7 kilograms LM Departed Moon: 21 July 1969 17:54:01 UT (13:54:01 EDT) Returned to Earth: 24 July 1969 16:50:35 UT (12:50:35 EDT) Time on Lunar Surface: 21 hours, 38 minutes, 21 seconds Mission Duration: 195 hr. 18 min. 35 sec Retrieval site: Pacific Ocean 13° 19'N latitude and 169° 9'W longitude Retrieval ship: USS Hornet Mission details: Apollo-11 (27) Pad 39-A (5) Saturn-V AS-506 (6) High Bay 1 MLP 1 Firing Room 1 Mission Objective: Perform manned lunar landing and return mission safely (Achieved) Orbit Altitude: 186km x 183km Duration of Lunar Orbits: 08 Days, 03 hours, 18 min, 35 seconds Lunar Location: Sea of Tranquility Lunar Coordinates: 0.71 degrees North, 23.63 degrees East Splashdown area 13deg 19min North and 169deg 9 min West; Splashdown at 195:18:35 MET Crew on board U.S.S Hornet at 13:53 EDT. Spacecraft aboard ship at 15:50 Mission Highlights: Apogee, 186km; perigee 183km; Translunar injection 02:44:26 MET; maximum distance from Earth 389645km; lunar orbit insertion, 75:50:00 MET; lunar landing, 102:45:39 MET (20 July at 16:17 EDT). First step on moon, 22:56:15 EDT; end of EVA, 111:39:13 MET (01:09 EDT); liftoff from Moon, 124:22:00.8 MET (13:54 EDT); LM-CSM docking, 128:03:00 MET; transearth injection, 135:23:52.3 MET; First manned lunar landing mission and lunar surface EVA. "HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE HERE.THE EAGLE HAS LANDED." 20 July 1969, Sea of Tranquility EVA of 2 hours, 31 minutes. Flag and instruments deployed; unveiled plaque on the LM descent stage The splashdown on 26 May 1969 of Apollo 10 cleared the way for the first formal attempt at a manned lunar landing. Six days before, the Apollo 11 launch vehicle and spacecraft half crawled from theVAB and trundled at 1,5 km/h to Pad 39-A. A successful countdown test ending on 3 July showed the readiness of machines, systems and people. The next launch window (established by lighting conditions at the landing site on Mare Tranquillitatis) opened at 09:32 EDT on 16 July 1969. The crew for Apollo 11, all of whom had already flown in space during Gemini, had been intensively training as a team for many months. Special Payload: Plaque (commemorating first manned landing) Carried to Moon and returned two large American flags, flags of the 50 states, District of Columbia and US Territories, flags of other nations and that of the United Nations MEPS (Modularised Equipment Stowage Assembly) containing TV camera to record first steps on Moon and EASEP (Early Apollo Science Equipment Package) Highlights: First men on the Moon: Neil Armstrong and 'Buzz' Aldrin. The prime mission objective of Apollo 11 is stated simply: "Perform a manned lunar landing and return" First return of samples from another planetary body. These first samples were basalts, dark-colored igneous rocks and were about 3.7 billion years old Plaque affixed to the leg of the lunar landing vehicle signed by President Nixon, Neil A Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E Aldrin Jr The plaque bears a map of the Earth and this inscription: HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969 A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND Current Aircraft Location: Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Milestones of Flight Gallery Apollo 11 Page 2 Contents